9.50 – Public Sale of Drug Paraphernalia

1. "Drug paraphernalia"  means all equipment, products and materials of any kind, other than cannabis paraphernalia as defined in this Section , which are intended to be used unlawfully in planting, propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting, manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing, preparing, testing, analyzing, packaging, repackaging, storing, containing, concealing, injecting, ingesting, inhaling or otherwise introducing into the human body a controlled substance in violation of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, or the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act or a synthetic drug product or misbranded drug in violation of the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. It includes, but is not limited to:
   1. kits intended to be used unlawfully in manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing or preparing a controlled substance;
   2. isomerization devices intended to be used unlawfully in increasing the potency of any species of plant which is a controlled substance;
   3. testing equipment intended to be used unlawfully in a private home for identifying or in analyzing the strength, effectiveness or purity of controlled substances;
   4. diluents and adulterants intended to be used unlawfully for cutting a controlled substance by private persons;
   5. objects intended to be used unlawfully in ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing cocaine, or a synthetic drug product or misbranded drug in violation of the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act into the human body including, where applicable, the following items:
      
      1. water pipes;
      2. carburetion tubes and devices;
      3. smoking and carburetion masks;
      4. miniature cocaine spoons and cocaine vials;
      5. carburetor pipes;
      6. electric pipes;
      7. air-driven pipes;
      8. chillums;
      9. bongs;
      10. ice pipes or chillers;
   6. any item whose purpose, as announced or described by the seller, is for use in violation of this Section or the Drug Paraphernalia Control Act.
2. “Cannabis paraphernalia,” all equipment, products, or materials intended to be used for planting, propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting, manufacturing, producing, processing, preparing, testing, analyzing, packaging, repackaging, storing, containing, concealing, ingesting, or otherwise introducing cannabis into the human body.

It is unlawful for any person to sell or offer to sell any drug paraphernalia or cannabis paraphernalia, articles or equipment, as defined in Section 9.50.010 to any person under the age of twenty-one (21), except where such articles or equipment are prescribed for strictly medical purposes and are used as such.

Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this chapter shall be fined not less than two hundred and fifty ($250) dollars nor more than seven hundred and fifty ($750) dollars for each offense, and a separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day on which a violation occurs or continues.